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English
Verb
hild
- Obsolete form of held.
Middle English
Verb
hild
- Alternative form of hiled: past participle of hilen (“to cover”)
Verb
hild
- Alternative form of held: simple past of holden (“to hold”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hildr.
Noun
hild f (definite singular hilda, uncountable)
- battle (only used in given names)
- Synonyms: strid, (name element) gunn
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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hildi.
Cognate with Old Saxon hild, Old High German hiltia, Old Norse hildr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κόλος (kólos), Latin clādēs, Old Irish coll (Breton claza), Proto-Slavic *kolti (Russian коло́ть (kolótʹ)).
Pronunciation
Noun
hild f
- (poetic) battle, war
Declension
Declension of hild (strong i-stem)
Derived terms